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  • clothes-peg
    clothes-peg
    noun
    a clothespin.
  • clothes peg
    clothes peg
    noun
    a small wooden or plastic clip for attaching washing to a clothesline

clothes-peg

American  
[klohz-peg, klohthz-] / ˈkloʊzˌpɛg, ˈkloʊðz- /

noun

British.

  1. a clothespin.

clothes peg British  

noun

  1. a small wooden or plastic clip for attaching washing to a clothesline

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Etymology

Origin of clothes-peg

First recorded in 1815–25

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